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Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee

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2007 2008 Representative TX Democrat
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Recent Voting History

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BillVoted
On Motion to Adjourn: ADJOURN Aye
August 01, 2008
H.Res.1316 Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree: H RES 1316 Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the LST amphibious landing craft during WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002
Aye
August 01, 2008
H.Res.1008 Condemning the persecution of Baha'is in Iran.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended: H RES 1008 Condemning the persecution of Baha is in Iran
Aye
August 01, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

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  • H.R.1009 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 [1]
  • H.R.1519 American Homebuyers Protection Act [1]

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Sheila Jackson-Lee in the News feed

August 28, 2008 Black Democrats Bask in Moment Long Seen as Impossible Dream

Many senior black Democrats, veterans of the civil rights struggles of the past several decades, can’t quite believe that Barack Obama , the son of a black Kenyan immigrant and a white mother from Kansas, is now their party’s nominee for president. It

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August 26, 2008 Bus safety: Get behind legislation to protect the public

Other states have the same problems that Texas has with some charter bus operations posing a threat to public safety, but it seems the Lone Star State has produced some of the biggest headlines. Most recently, 17 Houston area residents who were on

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August 26, 2008 Houston restaurateur considers run against Jackson Lee

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, left, a Democrat from Houston, appeared with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Wesley AME Church in downtown Houston earlier this year as Clinton battled for the Democratic nomination. DENVER — Hours before the deadline,

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Sheila Jackson-Lee in the Blogs feed

August 28, 2008 My 3rd Day at the DNC

This morning's Texas Delegation Breakfast, the last of the convention left us all ready to go home and work! Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee had the room on their feet, telling us the dream of an Obama presidency is "a dream we have in sight, ...

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August 28, 2008 TRAIL BLAZERS: Sheila Jackson-Lee keeps preaching

It had to be embarrassing last spring when Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Houston got booed at a Harris County senatorial district convention. It was presumably for her support of...

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August 28, 2008 No write-in opponent for Sheila Jackson Lee

Okay. After dangling the idea of running as a write-in candidate against US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who supported Hillary...

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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Construction
Top Contributor: Reyes Construction ($10,900)
IndustryDonation% of total
Construction $72,300 29.3 %
Labor $42,000 17.0 %
Other $26,908 10.9 %
Health $22,666 9.2 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst $22,150 9.0 %
Misc Business $19,409 7.9 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists $18,100 7.3 %
Transportation $6,900 2.8 %
Energy/Nat Resource $5,500 2.2 %
Agribusiness $5,000 2.0 %
Communic/Electronics $4,500 1.8 %
Defense $1,000 0.4 %
Ideology/Single-Issue $500 0.2 %
Total:$246,933

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